“We don’t play on a basketball court or a baseball or football field which all have the same dimensions. Knowing the course can be a big advantage in this sport,” Auburn High School boys golf coach Steve Franchina said of the Highland Park Golf Club that hosted the Maroons narrow win over Baldwinsville on Tuesday.

And by narrow, it was Death Star trench narrow.

On stroke total, Auburn and Baldwinsville tied on Tuesday, 200-200, with the Maroons taking the win with a lower score by No. 6 golfer Tom Herbert who shot a 43 on the day.

“It is huge to have guys that aren’t going to shoot as as low to still play as well as they can, we were just talking about it late last week,” Franchina said. “There are a lot of very, very good players, and very, very good teams in this league. There are matches that are going to be this close.”

Auburn was led by Mike May’s 37, while Trevor Hogan had a 40 and Andrew Marangoal, Nick Mitchell and Tyler Weslowski all shot 41s. Matthew Monaco had a 37 for the Bees, James Pelcher and Griffin Bruce both shot 40s, Sean Barron had a 41, and Christian Nizamis shot a 42 in the loss.

“I had a match like that against Oswego in my first year, and maybe one other time, but it certainly doesn’t happen often,” Franchina said.